Purse-net-hauling machine.



C. A. WILLIAMS.

PURSE NET HAULING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I4. I9I6.

. Patented Feb. 20,1917.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2f), 1917.

Application led. Gotober 14, 1916. Serial No. 125,573.

a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus employed in fishing and consists of adrum and mechanism for operating and handling said drum for the purposeof, hauling large seines.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which may be used forrapidly and conveniently handling large purse seines whereby the castingor hauling in of the same may be accomplished more rapidly and thereforethe catch may be often increased.

The particular features of my invention, which I deem to be novel andpatentable, will be hereinafter described and particularly defined bythe claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my inventionin the form ofconstruction which is now preferred by me.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device, lthe boat and part of theoperating mechanism being shown in transverse section.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken lengthwise of the boat, theturntable, however, not being in section.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the friction driving mechanism used tooperate the device.

Fig. 4E shows, in plan view, the bevel gear and shaft mechanism which ismounted at the corners of the turntable and through which the drum isturned.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of one of the telescopic shafts used for drivingthe mechanism mounted 0n the turntable. f

Fig. 6 is a side elevation, partly in section,

of one of the telescopic levers used for controlling the clutchmechanisms. p

Fig. 7 shows one of the journal boxes and the manner in which the capthereof is pivoted to free its shaft.

Fig. 8 is a section through the lower or tubular portion of one of thetelescopic shafts.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of my device, a portion of the deck being cut awayto show apparatus below deck.

Purse seines are some times made of very large size and, therefore, thelabor of casting these seines and of taking them up is very heavy. Wherethis must be done by hand it is not only very laborious but very slow.It often happens that through bad judgment or otherwise, the seine isput out in a location which is not the best and the school of fish isdiscovered to be mostly or entirely outside of the area inclosed by theseine. It would, therefore, be very desirable to have means for rapidlytaking in the net and recasting it. This work has been most generallydone by hand and it is, therefore, relatively slow.

In carrying out my invention I mount a turntable l at the stern of theboat. This turntable usually is the width of theV boat hull and extendsentirely to or very near the eXtreme stern of the boat. The turntable issupported on wheels 19, or in any other suit* able way. Upon this Imount a drum 2, this being journaled in standards 10 carried by theturntable. This drum is of such size that the body of the seine may besecured thereto and stored between the flanges of the drum. Itis,therefore, possible, by providing a power connection for turning thisdrum, to take in the seine quite rapidly. The turntable is provided witha roller 11 on one edge over which the seine is drawn, whereby thefriction of the seine upon the turntable is much reduced.

Upon each head of the drum I secure a large bevel gear 20 through whichmeans the drum is turned. I also journal a shaft 8 outside of each headof the drum and upon this is secured a bevel pinion 30 which meshes withthe bevel gear 20 carried by the drum. Shaft 3 extends to the edge ofthe turntable and is provided with a bevel pinion 31 at its lower end,which is adapted to mesh with a complemental bevel pinion cai ried by adrive shaft which is journaled upon the boat. This connection is made ofsuch character that it may be broken when it is ldesired to shift theturntable so as to face in another direction. It is designed to have thenet-hauling device operate to haul in the seine, either over the sternor over each Vside of the boat.V Provision is, therefore,

- made for turning and lockingv the turntable upon which the drum ismounted, so as toV face the drum in'either of these directions, `and toconnect 'it with thejdriving mechanism so that it may be turned by powerin any one of these positions. Y v

To secure this result I provide a bevel gear 20 and the'shaft 3 with itsconnected bevel pinionsBO and -31 at each end of the drum. I alsofurther provide a comple- 'mental shaft 4Vcarrying bevel gears 40 and Yeachother.

I ed upon the upper end ofthe driving shaft.

41, of which the bevel gear 40 meshes with a bevel gearV 32 carried onshaft 8, and the bevelgear 41 is placed in afposition vcorrespondingVwith thatof the bevel gear 31,

. except that the shafts 3 and 4 extend'in verticalplanes which are atright angles to The bevel gears 41 are positioned to engage withthebevel gear mount- I provide two lockbolts on each Yof three sidesofthe turntable. The turntable, in-

' stead of being circular in outline is rectangular. The locking bolts 5are bars' working vertically in guides carried by the turntable Vandadapted to enter keepersV 51 c mounted upon the hull of the boat. VIn

j either of the three positions mentioned for the turntable', when'it isin operation, two

Y of these locking bars V5 will be placed so as to enter the keepers 51'o n thehull, and thus holdithe turntable firmly against turning.

VTwo drive shafts 6 are provided, one located ytoward each ofoppositevsides of the boat and extending-upward to a position such that thebevel gear 62 carried thereby may be vbrought into Vmesh with one or then other of :the bevel gearsl or 41 carried 40 by the turntable, whentheV turntable is locked .in one'or the other of its positions.

. The-drive shaft 6 is made of two telescopieV parts, the lower section60 being tubular, and the upper section' 61 slidingY Y therein.y

Y vThe lower end of this shaft is journaled in theV member 63 whiehisitself journaled by its `ends in bearing 64 so that Y the shaft may havea slight rockingV move- 65. VVThis upper bearing 65 is ment Ysufficientto enable its upper end to be moved outward soas to disengage fromY bythe turntable,

" mitting the shaft to be moved outward.

The swinging end of the cap may be se# cured in any suitable manner, asby pro. viding the cap with a slot through which an ear`68 passes,` theVwhole being secured by a key 69.

YThe deck of the boat is provided with an YYopeningl-lthrough, whichprojects the shaft 6. lhen the driving connection between one of theshafts 6 and the mechanism on the turntable is broken, the upper section61 Vof the shaft is freed from its bearing and is then telescopeddownward into the lower section, thus getting this shaft out of the wayso that it will not interfere with the swinging of the turntable. Theturntable may then be freely swung into the desired position, and one orthe other of the drive shafts 6 connected with whichever of the bevelgears 31 or 40 is in position to connect therewith.

The lower end of the shaft 60 has a bevel gear 72 connected therewith,this meshing with a bevel gear 71 carried by a short shaft which extendsfore-and-aft of the boat. The forward end of this shaft is provided witha bevel gear 70, which meshes with the bevel gear 7 3 carried by a shaft7, which extends transverse of the boat. The other endV of the shaft 7carries a bevel gear 74, which meshes with a gear 75 carried by the mainpower or drive shaft 76, which shaft extends in a fore-and-aftdirection. This latter shaft is driven from an engine in any suitablemanner.v

A short shaft which is alined with shaft 7, carries two bevel gears 77and 78 on its opposite ends, the former gear 77 meshing with the largegear 75 and the latter gear 78l meshing with a gear 70 carried uponfore-and-aft shaft similar to the one found at the opposite side of theboat. This short shaft also carries a gear 71 which meshes with gear 72carried by the lower end of the outer section 60 of the verticaltelescopic shaft 6.

The gear 475 on the main driving shaft 76 is not fixed directly to saidshaft. It is free to turn on. the shaft and is turned y through themedium of a friction clutch 8.

This clutch is operated through a lever 8O which is secured to a shaft81 which extends athwart ship and is provided at each end withv atelescopic operating lever 82. The upper section 83 of this lever isadapted to telescope with the lower tubular section. This upper sectionprojects through the same opening A as does the driving shaft 6.

The upper section 83 is provided with a key 85 which may slide within aslot 84 formed in one side of the lower tubular section. The upper endof this lower tubular section is provided with a notch 86 into which thekey 85 may be placed after the upper section 83 has been raised wherebythe same will be held in raised position until it is desired to lowerit. The drum may thus be operated through the `friction clutch 8 fromeither side of the boat.

At each end of the drum I provide a braking surface or disk upon whichis llO placed a brake band 9, this being operated by lever 90. The brakemay, therefore, be applied from either side yof the boat.

On the deck of the boat just forward of the turntable I provide one ormore gypsy heads or Winches 12 on a horizontal shaft which is turnedthrough a sprocket chain 13, or other suitable means, from the shaft GGbelow deck. The sprocket wheel upon the shaft 14 is loosely mounted uponthe shaft, and it turns this shaft through the medium of a jaw clutch15, which is controlled by a hand lever 16. These Winches would be usedfor pursing the seine, and then after the seine has been pursed, theseine itself is placed upon the drum and drawn in.

1 prefer to provide a second friction device, shown in Fig. 3, forcontrolling the rotation of the shaft 76. This device consists of twofriction disks 94, 95, one mounted on the shaft 7 6 and the other upon ashaft 96 which is alongside thereof, and from which it is turned. Thisfriction device is controlled by a lever 97, and means may be providedby which this may be controlled from above deck.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turntable supportingsaid drum, a fixedly positioned driving shaft adjacent the edge of thedrum and a plurality of driving means for said drum mounted on theturntable to interchangeably engage with said driving shaft as theturntable is shifted to different positions.

2. A net hauling apparatus comprising adrum, a turntable supporting saiddrum, a fixedly positioned driving shaft adjacent the edge of the drum,driving shafts for the drum mounted on the turntable and extending, eachto a different position about its edge and adapted to be individuallyconnected with said first named driving shaft as the turntable is turnedto diEerent positions.

3. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turn-table supportingsaid drum, bevel gears secured to each end of said drum, a plurality ofstub shafts carried by said turn-table and terminating at each end inbevel gears, the gear at one end of each shaft meshing with the gear atan end of the drum, a fixedly positioned driving shaft and a gear at oneend of said shaft adapted to engage the second gears upon said stubshafts.

4. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turn-table supportingsaid drum, bevel gears secured to each end of said drum, a plurality ofstub shafts carried by said turn-table, a gear upon one end of each ofsaid stub shafts meshing with a gear at an end of the drum, and meansfor driving said without the turntable,

drum through any one of said stub shafts from a fixed point without theturn-table.

5. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turntable supporting thedrum, a bevel gear and shaft drive for-each end of the drum carried byand extending to the edge of the turntable, `a fixedly positioneddriving shaft having-an adjustable upper end and a bevel gear thereonadapted to be engaged with the bevel gear of either of the shaftscarried by the turntable.

'6. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turntable supportingthe drum, a brake on the drum, a power driving means for said drumhaving a plurality of like sections carried by the turntable and aplurality of sections removed from the turntable, and means forconnecting said sections to drive the drum from different positions ofthe turntable.

7. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turntable supporting thedrum, a shaft and bevel gear drive for the drum mounted upon theturntable and having a bevel gear at the edge of the turntable, avertical driving shaft having a telescopic upper section and a bevelgear thereon adapted to engage the bevel gear at the edge of theturntable.

8. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turntable upon whichsaid drum is mounted, a plurality of drum driving shafts mounted uponthe turntable and extending to the edge of the turntable and carrying abevel gear upon this end, a plurality of vertical shafts having bevelgears adapted to be put in mesh with one or another of the bevel gearscarried by the turntable, said vertical shafts being mounted to permitlateral movement of their upper ends to engage and disengage them fromtheir bearin s.

(9. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turntable supportingthe drum, means for locking said drum in a plurality of positions, andmeans for driving said drum comprising parts fixedly positioned and aplurality of parts carried by the turntable and adapted to be in turnengaged with said fixedly positioned parts as the turntable is turned.

10. A net hauling apparatus comprising a square platform mounted uponthe stern of a boat to turn about a vertical axis, means for lockingsaid platform in a plurality of positions, a drum mounted upon saidplatform, drum driving mechanism extending to a plurality of positionssymmetrically placed about the platform, and driving means without theplatform positioned to be connected with one of a plurality of thedriving means carried by the drum.

11. A `net hauling apparatus comprising a drum adapted to receive thenet thereon, a

ioo l axis'as a turntable and having the drum mounted thereon, means forlooking the v turntable in av plurality orpositions, a plu- V ralityofdrum driving mechanisms mounted 't uponl and'extending tovpositionssymmetrically vplaced at the edges of the turntable, a

j plurality ofV drum driving mechanisms dis- Y Vposed in likesymmetrical positions Without the turntable and at opposite sides of the10 boat and adapted to be actuatively connected with the. complementalmechanisms upon the turntable and means for controlling said drivingmechanisms similarly located at 0pposite sides of the boat. 15

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 7th day of October, 1916.

CHARLES A. WILLIAMS.

Cpiesfof'this patent may be robtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Y Washington', D. C.

